First time watching Queen Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Video) 

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She's a beautiful baby. Congratulations.

Not only that but Wayne's World gave Bohemian Rhapsody a resurgence back on the charts again.

This video was made _BEFORE_ videos became a thing and before MTV was a gleam in music producers' eyes.

According to Brian May, record company management kept pleading with the group to cut the single down, but Freddie Mercury refused. Thankfully he didn't give in to corporate pressure.

Congratulations to Emilia. 💥🌺 Queen is proper choice

Queen was scheduled to do the Brit show ¨Top of the Pops¨ but didn´t want to do it, so, instead they put together what became the first big budget production music video.and basically created the modern music video.

Song was epic from 1st time it was ever heard on US ‘Album Oriented Radio’. Wayne’s World gave it a resurgence on the air. Bohemian Rhapsody (the movie) just increased the popularity for a whole new audience. Kudos to Freddie, & Brian May for NOT giving in to the suits & chopping it down!!

Love of my life Brian May tribute to Freddie Live just made me ball.

Congratulations on your new baby girl so adorable!

A masterpiece song by Queen. Surprised Alexis hasn't seen this video before but I have to remember she a Youngin'' Angelina Jordan did a great cover of this in AGT

"Is this the real life, is this just fantasy?" Right up to "Mama, just killed a man". Is just Freddies' voice, multi tracked for the harmonies.

Load of blessing for the precious baby. Congratulation dear

Congratulations on your precious baby!! 👍🎉🎊👶👼 I knew you were getting close, but I didn't know it was a done deal!!! 👍👍

This song is 50 years old and is still as unique and timeless as it was when it was released back in '74. And congratulation Alexis she is beautiful.

Congratulations Alexis and welcome Emilia. Happy to you also Uncle Birch.

so cute the little new Queen fan

"10 voice, 10 performer." Agreed. What's completely missing from your comment - and what made Freddie a true unicorn - are these two qualities plus that he was a 10 songwriter and 10 musician. Add his creativity and him being a nonconformist, and now you understand why he's incomparable.

Now that you've seen the official video, you have to watch the Muppets parody version. It's done perfectly.

This is one of those songs you can’t help but sing along to, it’s involuntary 😄

Congratulations Alexis for your beautiful baby. Wish your family all the best. 🙏 Freddie Mercury's most loved instrument was the audience. Nobody back then and even today could play it like he did. Freddie was unique. What shocked me most about Freddie was that he had so many "friends" and was such a lonely person. How come nobody ever saw that?

UK number one for Christmas 1975. Remember that radio and TV was still mono - stereo still yet to become mainstream. Everything, I mean everything was analogue - digital was still yet to come. The video/film, which they showed on TV, "the top of the pops" played the one you just showed, apparently it cost 500 quid to do.

I put the Like just because of the baby. So sweet. Three generations reacting to Queen at the same time ❤. Okmm. The baby was sleeping, I know. Congrats❤

What sweet new baby!!! Congratulations 😊

To get a taste of "Bohemian Rhapsody" a couple of years before it was born, I recommend listening to "March of the Black Queen/Funny How Love Is" off of Queen ll. It has a similar structure and rhythm. Listen to the two together as that is the way they play out on the album. My daughter and have head banged to this playing in the car back when she was a teenager. As for length, 5 minutes and 55 seconds was considered long for AM radio or some FM stations. Check out the "Montreal 1981" live version of this song. The "operatic" section is a recorded piece from the album, its physicallyimpossibletodo live. I cut my psychedelic rock teeth on the album side, 17:05, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" back in 1968. Prog rock legends ELP gave me 35 minutes of "Karn Evil 9" and 20+ minutes of "Tarkus" on "Welcome Back My Friends..." in 1974.

CONGRATS 🎉 on the new baby! That's amazing❤ You look awesome for someone who just had a baby...wow😍 I remember the commercial for Wayne's World, with this song. Ahh the memories!! Thanks for reviewing this video. Keep smiling 🙂👍🇨🇦

Happy to see the new baby. Congratulations Alexis.

Guys, in November '25 it will be 50th anniversary of Bohemian Rhapsody. I mean, can you believe it? It sounds crazy... When I hear the song, even now, I'm that kid who tortures his parents by running it over and over and over... endlessly. Thanks for making me young again.

Congrats Alexis on the new baby!!

Your baby girl is gorgeous 🎉🎉🎉❤❤

Written by Mercury. he also named the band Queen and designed the Queen's logo.

Congrats for the little one. Great reaction.

Wayne's World played Bohemian Rhapsody in it's entirety. They didn't shorten it. Some things did happen onscreen while it was playing, though.

Thank you for sharing baby Amelia with us, seeing Alexis with her, on the show, is very fitting. ☺️👶👍🎼

Another Awesome reaction Alexis congratulations on the birth of Amelia she's beautiful welcome to the world little Angel may God continue to bless you and your family Alexis

Congrats Alexis on the new baby, so sweet.

Awwwww, congratulations Alexis. She is lovely. Thank you for bringing her for us to see her. I think I heard the baby say, which Queen are you all talking about.!!!

Congratulations Alexis

There are hams(flashy), there are tenderloins(great vocalist) and then there are whole pigs(Freddie).

I remember listening to the song before watching Wayne's world and now when I listen to the song all I can see in my head is the car scene in Wayne's world I was brought up listening to rock music from my dad

Nothing but a masterpiece. ♥️🎶

This is one of a few songs that blew up the music world

Alexis is such a breath of fresh air! You seem like an awesome person and someone we could just hang with and talk about anything!

Loved the open smile when "scaramouch" entered the building! I guess nobody can help it, it's just such a weird but enjoyable change of pace. Now that she knows the music, it would be interesting to see both of you react to the Green Day crowd singing Bohemian Rhapsody that played on the speakers while they were waiting for the concert to start, back in 2017. It's just a mesmerizing vision to behold. And hear!

Congratulations on your baby🎉, im sure she as beautiful as her mom❤

she had the baby!!!!

play this song in a room full of genx'ers the hole room reacts to the head banging parts because of Wayne's world

It’s the Most Streamed song of the 20 the Century

It’s funny you brought up Wayne’s Word, in like 92 I had an AMC Pacer which was the car they drove around in and I would blast this song when pulling up to places where everyone was hanging out and I would get the Wayne’s Word chant from everyone it was so funny

Congratulations Alexis 🙏

That headbanging car scene in Wayne's World was one of the most accurate things put in a movie. Years before that came out me and my friends were doing that exact same thing in the mid and late 80s when driving around.

In my opinion, it is Freddie Mercury's, and queens greatest song.

MORE QUEEN PLEASE ❤

This video is said to be the first music video produced with a record.

19:20 The bit about artists just getting their lives together, only to die not long afterward, reminds me of Stevie Ray Vaughan. He conquered his addictions and got his life on track, and was performing better than ever. Then a helicopter crash took him from us in 1990. RIP 💔 😪. It's so wonderful that people have posted his albums and live performances on RU-vid, so that he can still live on through his music. Imo he was one of the greatest guitarists of all time, and also a top frontman for his band Double Trouble. His voice was alright and very bluesy, but he really sang through his guitar. 😊👍

they sang bohemian rhapsody live but for the operatic part played recording then came back out for end. They were amazing

Look at that little thing....Blessing and happiness to both ......Peace!

Great review! Congrats on the birth of Amelia. Please do a review of some classic Chicago or Bold Sweat & Tears since Alexis likes bands with horns in them.

Fun fact: The opera section was not performed live. When it was time for that part of the song, they would play the section of the music video and walk off stage. They used it to take a quick break before the final section started.

Well done Dad! So cool you review and share music with your beautiful daughter. Congrats on the new baby. God Bless all of you

I love this channel keep up the good work guys❤

She's beautiful

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Congratulations on your new addition Alexis. ❤ I love this episode, thanks 🙏

You need to take a look at the Green Day crowd at Hyde Park, London singing along to Bohemian Rhapsody in 2017 - it's on the Green Day channel

Congratulations on your baby

the next generation of a Queen fan is born 🙂

Awesome reaction. You guys need to watch the youtube video of Brian May talking about how the song was recorded. He's in the studio with the original 2" tape and actually breaks the song down. Very interesting. It's called Inside The Rhapsody from 2002.

CONGRATULATIONS!....Good job MOM! Very happy for you! From west coast Canada 🇨🇦, peace.

Lead guitarist Brian May has a PhD in Astrophysics and has worked with NASA. Fact!

First off, Congratulations to the young woman for your newborn!! Second, this song is 🔥🔥🔥 after almost 50 years!

Freddie owned the stage! I was 15 when this came out and I was Freddie'd right then and there! Trivia: Freddie had 4 extra teeth. He never had them extracted because he didn't want to do anything that might negatively affect his performance!

Congrats on the beautiful baby.

Freddie king of rock 🤘 please do live aid queen 85 reaction

It was thanks to British DJ John Peel, that allowed this 7 minutes or so song to be heard on radio, that started it all. Thanks for this! ❤ Lovely Amelia too! ❤❤

Beautiful baby! I'm surprised Burch doesn't say so, or maybe he did off camera. Classic tune. Freddy at his best.

This was like the first modern style music video.....6 years before MTV! I used to see it on late night TV....on The Midnight Special, etc.

fun fact after wains world the radio stations got bombarded with request for that new song from queen ...as so many never new it was a 20 year old song at that time and i have been to that diner its cool and i live in Texas LOL but went and seen it visiting family up there for Summerfest

Congrats Alexis on the new addition to the family.

Yes, I know it's a music reaction channel. However, all I could think was "The baby's here! Yay!" Congratulations!

Alexis - do u know that brian may is now a respected astrophysicist? He always has been.

I have loved this song basically all my life! A few years ago I watched the video of Pentatonix cover, and was impressed. I looked it up on google to see what the surviving band members thought of the cover. Brian May said he liked it and people should watch it.

When you first said "the movie" I wasn't sure if you were talking about the Queen movie or Wayne's World

That scene in the movie caused that song to emerge on the charts again too.

I thought you might mention this, but they used to have a radio version (shorter) and album version (longer) of songs.

This is one of my favorite queen song and the movie was good and I’m happy to see Alexis back

those changes is what makes it a rhapsody

Congratulations!!

Short songs?. Lily of the valley. 1:45. Nevermore. 1:19. Dear friends. 1:08. All queen songs 😊😊😊😊

The only song to be UK number 1 single in 4 different years.

Freddy did get to see the scene from waynes world before he passed. He loved it apparently

Nice reaction thanks guys. If you do watch a live performance of Bohemian Rhapsody I would say don't do the Live Aid one as they only sing the first bit, they go into the next song after Brian's guitar solo. I'd recommend the version from Montreal in 81 as that is fire. Also note that they never sung the operatic section live, that was always the recorded version, for which they usually left the stage so that there was no confusion over whether they were singing it or not.

Love this song and love Queen and Freddie

That scene is iconic

This video is credited with the start of the MTV era of music. It was the 1st music video made in this style because the band was unable to do a marketing meeting... they created this instead.

(Not a creepy video, and I’ve heard anyone in my life say that in my life.). I don’t know what else to say. This is a masterpiece, original, breakthrough, out of the box, awesomely talented. I agree with all you’ve said otherwise. And the first harmony before Freddie on the piano is really just Freddie harmonizing with himself 16 times over. Just so masterful. I miss them all.

The Petersens do an excellent unique version of this song.

Congratulations!

Rami won an Oscar which was well deserved for his role as Freddie. Congrats on the birth, Alexis. You guys should check Marc Martel's version of this song. Marc done the singing as Freddie in the movie, mostly.

Now you must see the Pentatonix cover/tribute to this song. Mitch nails the guitar solo!